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. G. HEGKEL.

Sled Propeller.

No. 234,774. Patented Nov. 23,1880.

PETERS. PHOTO- NQGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HEOKEL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SLED-PROPELLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,774, dated November23, 1880.

Application filed September 15, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE HECKEL, ofBrooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Sleighs, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of a suitablelever or levers, to

which one end of a pointed rod is hinged, said lever being attached to aframe or bar turning on a bolt fast in the forward end of the sleigh.The pointed end of said rod resting upon the ice or snow will, by theforward motion of said lever or levers, easily slide over the ice orsnow, and at the backward motion of said lever or levers the loose andpointed end of the rod will penetrate the ice or snow, so that thefurther motion of said lever or levers will cause the sleigh to moveforward. The moving of the frame or baawill enable the operator toregulate the direction of the motion of the sleigh.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I represents a longitudinal sectionof a sleigh with my improvement attached. Fig. II is a top view of thesame.

A A represent the runners, and B the seat, of a sleigh constructed andarranged in the usual manner.

To the foot-board O, which connects at the same time the forward ends ofthe runners together, a frame or bar, D, is attached by means of a bolt,0., around which said frame can turn.

H is a lever, the lower end of which is attached to the forward end ofthe frame D at b, and is provided at its upper end with suitable handlesa. Between the joint I) and the handles a a rod, R, is hinged to thislever H, the other end of which, 00, is either pointed or the same maybe flattened and made with a sharp edge, and is allowed to rest upon theground.

The boy or operator sitting upon the seat B rests his feet upon theframe D, and is thereby able to turn the same in either direction arounditsjoint-pin a, moving thereby the end :0 of the rod R to the one or tothe other side of the center, and thus change slightly the direction ofthe sleigh.

By the forward movement of the lever H the end of the rod R will easilybe moved over the ice or snow, while by the backward move ment of saidlever H the end .10 of the rod R will penetrate the ice or snow, and thefurther movement of said lever H will cause the sleigh to move forward.

The frame D, which is only for the purpose of facilitating the changingor regulating of the motion of the sleigh, may be dispensed with and thelever H hinged directly to the foot-board O or to the frame of thesleigh.

In this case the joint I) must be made free, so as to allow a slighttwisting of said lever to bring the extreme end of the rod R toward theone or the other side, as may be desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a sleigh, a frame or bar, D, turning on a bolt, a,attached to the forward part of the sleigh, and proy'ided with a lever,H, and rod R, arranged to operate substantially in the manner and forthe purpose described.

GEORGE HEGKEL.

